Table 8. Cause of presentation and corresponding disposition for rabies vector species attended by New York state rehabilitators between 2012 and 2014.
| Habitat Loss | Infectious | Orphaned | Poisoning/Toxin | Trauma | Unknown | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | % Rel.a | Cases | % Rel. | Cases | % Rel. | Cases | % Rel. | Cases | % Rel. | Cases | % Rel. | Cases | % Rel. | |
| Raccoon b . | 71 | 48% | 33 | 0% | 1384 | 64% | 8 | 13% | 187 | 43% | 169 | 57% | 1,852 | 59% |
| Striped Skunk c . | 0 | 0% | 15 | 7% | 286 | 89% | 1 | 0% | 54 | 17% | 46 | 50% | 402 | 71% |
| Bats d . | 14 | 57% | 10 | 0% | 50 | 50% | 2 | 50% | 152 | 60% | 107 | 36% | 335 | 49% |
| Total | 85 | 49% | 58 | 2% | 1,720 | 67% | 11 | 18% | 393 | 46% | 322 | 49% | 2,589 | 60% |
a. % Rel = Percent Released.
b. Procyon lotor
c.Mephitis mephitis.
d. Includes: silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans), eastern red bat (Lasiurus borealis), little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus), big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus), hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus), northern long-eared bat (Nyctophilus arnhemensis).